Mayoral candidates were out Monday in 11th-hour bids to win over voters before Election Day.
Chicago voters can cast in-person absentee ballots downtown Monday before conventional voting takes place Tuesday around the city in an election headlined by...

Two weeks ago, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board made its endorsement for mayor of Chicago. Then we asked readers: Who is your choice?
Here are some of your endorsements for mayor:
I am voting for Bob Fioretti. Considering all the traffic cameras...

On Tuesday, thousands of Chicagoans will head to the polls and vote, deciding whether to hand Mayor Rahm Emanuel a second term or give one of the other four contenders – Chicago Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd), Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy&...

If money talks, it will have a lot to say in the new 2nd Ward come Election Day.
More than $1 million has poured into the campaign coffers of the six candidates who want to represent the ward, which cuts across 13 North Side neighborhoods stretching from the Gold Coast to Ukrainian Village.
The redrawn ward boundaries are so oddly shaped that one candidate said it looked like "a dog's breakfast." It was created in early 2012, when the City Council redrew the wards to account for population shifts...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is closing in on the majority he needs to win re-election and avoid a runoff, but nearly 1 in 5 Chicago voters remain undecided a week before Election Day, a new Chicago Tribune poll found.
The survey found that Emanuel has boosted his favorability and job approval ratings among voters after millions of dollars in TV ads, while support for top challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia may be stalling as he starts to air his own ads in the closing days of the campaign.
The poll, conducted...

Election officials in Chicago say early voting sites will be open on Presidents Day.
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners spokesman Jim Allen says all 51 early voting sites will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday. Each location also offers voter registration services.
Early voting runs through Saturday.
The election is Feb. 24. Chicago voters will get a chance to elect aldermen and a mayor.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is seeking re-election. He faces four challengers, including Cook County...

Mayoral challenger Bob Fioretti stood in the kitchen of a South Side firehouse on a recent morning and explained to a small group of firefighters and paramedics why he would be a better steward of their interests than Rahm Emanuel.
Take pension benefits, which some in the room feared Emanuel could cut to ease budget woes.
"I understand what you guys, and gal, are talking about, and I agree that you've been making your contributions and the city needs to honor that," said Fioretti, an alderman who...

Bob Fioretti will tell you he doesn't mind a good political fight.
The 2nd Ward alderman has battled Mayor Rahm Emanuel - with mixed outcomes. Fioretti recalls the success of pushing to restore the water fee exemption enjoyed by some nonprofits and religious groups after Emanuel cut those exemptions in his budget. He also opposed the eventual licensing of rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft.
Growing up the child of an Italian immigrant father on the South Side, in a community straddling the...